The Gilchrist Collection

Hackness Grange

North Yorkshire Moors · Granted by Elizabeth I

A house on land whose manor was granted by Queen Elizabeth I, on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.

Stockbridge holds Hackness Grange within The Gilchrist Collection, near Scarborough on the edge of the moors.

Location

Hackness, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Royal grant

Queen Elizabeth I

Granted to

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex

Built

Early nineteenth century

Setting

Seventeen acres and woodland

Feature

Lake with private island

Provenance

The Manor of Hackness was granted by Queen Elizabeth I to Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. It passed to Arthur Dakins, whose daughter Margaret married Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby, and thereafter through Sir John Sydenham.

In 1796 it was sold to Sir Richard Vanden Bempde Johnstone, Baronet, and descended through his family to Lord Derwent. The present house was built early in the nineteenth century as the dower house to the principal hall.

The Grounds

Seventeen acres of grounds and broadleaved woodland surround the house, with a lake at their centre. On its private island stands a pavilion, reached by a bridge, with the hills rising beyond.

Within

The Elizabeth Suite, beneath full views of the grounds, and the intimate Derwent Suite form the principal interiors, with a richly appointed lounge bar. The house holds twenty-seven bedrooms.

Provenance is not incidental. It is the asset.

Stockbridge holds Hackness Grange for the long term, a house of royal lineage maintained and stewarded rather than realised.

Stockbridge Capital Holdings. Private equity, venture capital, and ultra-luxury heritage estates. Long-term ownership, operational stewardship.

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